Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan

By: Ramesh Srinivasan
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  • The Utopias Podcast with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan

    In the wake of an era where alarmism and crisis branding sells - whether in relation to climate change, new technologies, or polarization, we have a huge opportunity to embrace our capacity for innovation, empathy, and compassion towards one another. To get there it is high time to have creative, productive, and truly progressive conversations about our planetary future, and approach such from every discipline and perspective we can.


    Hosted by UCLA professor and public intellectual Ramesh Srinivasan, the “Utopias” podcast presents a new narrative, a vision of life futures based on a set of conversations that celebrate the work and perspectives of “dreamers”, or those who represent and care deeply for the endless potential for human creativity, expression, and optimism. We share the stories of those who believe in the potential for our planet, and are doing the important work to try to empower our tomorrow in a way that we can all benefit from.


    This podcast brings back the realms of the scientific, emotional, artistic, legal, poetic, musical, ecological, and spiritual into conversation with one another as together, we imagine and advocate for futures for our planet and species that lift us all up. Dr. Srinivasan’s guests shall run the gamut, bringing artists, journalists, politicians, scientists, environmentalists, monks and religious practitioners, and scholars together. Utopias shall inspire listeners to imagine new futures defined by compassion, an appreciation of diversity alongside unity, and the recognition that we live in an extraordinary time where we are all in ‘it’ together.


    Produced by Jack Garland. Music by Albert Ortega
    © 2024 Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan
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  • Elaine McMillion Sheldon

    Elaine McMillion Sheldon
    Oct 16 2024

    Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an Academy Award-nominated and Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Much of her film work, including her most recent film King Coal, is rooted in the culture and environment of her home region of Appalachia.

    This conversation was recorded in October 2023.

    More about Elaine: https://www.elainemcmillionsheldon.com/about
    More about King Coal: https://www.kingcoalfilm.com/

    Keep in touch with Dr. Srinivasan!
    Website: www.rameshsrinivasan.org
    X: @rameshmedias
    Instagram: @rameshmedias
    YouTube: @rameshmedias
    TikTok: @rameshmedias
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Nipun Mehta

    Nipun Mehta
    Sep 11 2024

    Nipun Mehta is a designer of large-scale social movements that are rooted in small acts of service. He is the founder of ServiceSpace, a global community working at the intersection of technology, volunteerism and gift culture. Mehta was honored as an Unsung Hero of Compassion by the Dalai Lama and appointed by President Barack Obama to a council addressing poverty and inequality in the U.S.

    This conversation was recorded in March 2024.

    More about Nipun: https://nipun.servicespace.org/about/
    More about ServiceSpace: https://www.servicespace.org/

    Keep in touch with Dr. Srinivasan!
    Website: www.rameshsrinivasan.org
    X: @rameshmedias
    Instagram: @rameshmedias
    YouTube: @rameshmedias
    TikTok: @rameshmedias
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Maurice Mitchell

    Maurice Mitchell
    Aug 6 2024

    Maurice Mitchell has been the National Director of the Working Families Party since 2018, aiming to create a multi-racial working class movement across the United States. More generally, Mitchell is a nationally recognized social movement strategist and a prominent leader in the Movement for Black Lives.

    This interview was recorded in January 2024.

    More about Maurice: https://workingfamilies.org/about-maurice-mitchell/
    More about Working Families Party: https://workingfamilies.org/

    Keep in touch with Dr. Srinivasan!
    Website: https://www.rameshsrinivasan.org
    X: @rameshmedias
    Instagram: @rameshmedias
    YouTube: @rameshmedias
    TikTok: @rameshmedias
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    1 hr and 37 mins

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